The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-06-01

~ Grandfather and hi. >idch"ard'
To she EDITOR % the >,,tesmau.
From the dcpths OF my heart pity
the men and women who cannot
boast of southern grandfather and
hi. hospitabio side-Ooard. ! pity
them, for they can never know the
height aud depth, the length and
breadth Of Who, sCuled hospitality
and good cA,er that spafhled and bub.
/ bled and oyerl,wed, GA dercd aud
made happy the hearts OF nifty year
ago. Not for diadcm would eX-
change the recollection q my noble
old grandfather. whole sou.ci south
cru gentleman; how love to think of
him. can see him now ~ hc came
slowly down the long avenue OF cc.
dAr- TO meet me when came bound
ing in childhood glee from school to
/ ,pond the night with ."grsndfather.'
/ ] vice a week IL Wa Understood that
/ | was 10 stay with him. lie was al
ways at the big gate or on hi way
90 olen it for me. ! can never for.
get that dear honest face as Il beamed
upon me from under his broad hot.
How lovingly he would fold me to
HE warm heart. then take me 10y the
hand and lead me in to light hi pipe
We would chat Of school. the farm the
little pony he was raising for me,
until "a ucighuOr would ride up
on "old dobbip" then the whole
,oulcd southern welcome began, the
hearty shake Of the hand, the irIend-
ly jest about the crop, the b8OiC~.
how much cloth my wife had made.
when the prcschcr would come. etc,
until the recollection OF the side
board brought my grandfather TO his
feet. well, uolghbOr, come up and
Try some Of my good old peach lust
urUuyht Il from the cellar to-day lit
IL some | have lett standing for ten
years no use for medicine or u doc
tor with such hcathiul stimulant
Doctor why have not had adoctor
Tor five years. on need some extra
hands tomorrow All right, how
max will you want By.the.way,
send your wagon over illlcd with
hamper for some fruit fine fruit
this year your trees arc Young: you
are perfectly welcome To all you will
send tor. want you 10 try nay new
Hour, too sent new wheat TO mill last
week, will put sack in the wagon tor
Your good wife to make broad Of
Nothing was too good in those days
for ncighbOr--a COW and Gala
par Of fat pigs, jars of honey, every
thing raised on the farm except cotton
xtgaa ff.t tuaI A : "A trianI1N uitt "A D.
generous old men, little did they
think To what straits their postcrity
would be brought by the demon of
tanaticism, and AIN cure the thought
of distilling ones own peaches and
grapes ever becoming u felony could
not possibly have entered those honest
innocent minds. Tho isms and 'isms
of the past forty years had not seen
the light OF day. In the frozen New
England" states tho germ no doubt
sumbercd waiting Tor the ssnctilied
female crusaders to warm II into life
and show to the world the power IF
woHans viii and love of rule, when
guided by envy aud ianatacism
Neither did il enter into the miud-
OF our grandta,hers that the slaves
they cared for rs members OF their
families wOnd ever become the idols
of those philanthrOpic New Eug.
landcr-, and their Christian duty
to rob their grandchildren
OF their lawful inheritance. That.
first of all, the American ism7 origi
mated in the brains of "lAukec
schoomarmS.' Every letter written
home told of how the poor blacks
were treated, and how lazy southern
women wcrc-"did nothing but sit
around, with dozen poor blacks to
wait upon them The philanthropy
OF abolltioni>m WAS born of envy of
the south. The cloud ut first was no
bigger than hand but Harriet
Bcrcher stowe, the the school marms
aud men WHO louged tor power aud
notoricty, helped to spread and
biackcn il until IL settled in midnight
darkness over this once prosperous
and happy country, and the terrible
cyclone of ianaticisiu swept away
constitutional liberty, robbed us OF
our property, dcsolated our homes,
killed our fathers, brothers and sons
for daring to defend their rights,
opened Pandora box and let tie
. iOltIulu'il Wv rs W Wv bANA WI IVA hf'l
tlow Us until statesmen began to ASK
where wi il end:
Let the sbolitionists OF to-day a,k
them elvo~ if they fully counted the
cost of ireing an inferior race at the
expense OF superior one-let them
think OIL the thousands OF slain on both
sides, of prosperous country desc
lated, OF women and children hungry
am homeless, OF the lire and blood
she'd, OF four year. OF riyil war. and
answer the question truly, If it Wa
not "a dear whistle - AUD, when the
United states government is shaken
to its foundation, let them trace the
cause to the violation OF the cousti-
tuition in lS6l, ana the wholesale
robbery of the southern people 1t
was not until the principles OF our
honest grsudfathers were trampled
upon and their hospitsble side
boards demolished that "bar.rooms,"